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LC-Lot 3000-S-14: USS Maine (1895-1898), November 1890

LC-Lot 3000-S-14: USS Maine (1895-1898), 1890. Being wedged up just before launching. Maine was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, at the New York Naval Shipyard, New York, November 18, 1890. Maine sunk on February 15, 1898, and was one of the factors leading to the Spanish-American War. Detroit Photographic Company. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/03/10).
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Caption: USS Maine (1895-1898), 1890. Being wedged up just before launching. Maine was christened and launched by Alice Tracey Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, at the New York Naval Shipyard, New York, November 18, 1890. Maine sunk on February 15, 1898, and was one of the factors leading to the Spanish-American War. Detroit Photographic Company. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/03/10).
Accession #: LC-Lot 3000-S-14
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